"In this study, we demonstrated that the human ear may be a powerful tool to distinguish not only people in a random population but also genetically identical twins," Dr.
Balla said. "It may also mean that analysis of human ears could be used as an alternative to facial recognition systems.".
All ears are the same, right? Wrong.
Ears are actually unique to each and every person, so much so that they are comparable in uniqueness to the fingerprint.
Research has even suggested that ears may be a more effective identification tool than a fingerprint through the use of a new “image ray transform” technology..
New ear identification technology up to 97.25% accurate
When you go to unlock your device using a biometric, it takes a live sample to compare it to the logs on the device, such as a picture of your face or in this case, a picture of your ear..
This technology shines beams of light on the tubular features of the outer ear, creating an image from the way light reflects off the ear's curves.
What makes the ear so unique? One's ears are fully formed at birth and age gracefully over time, making them an ideal body part to confirm identity..
A new study – which compared the external ears of more than 1400 people of multiple nationalities, has found that the ear is as good an identifier of an individual as a fingerprint or DNA, and can even distinguish between identical twins..
Abstract: The potential of human ear for identification was advocated long ago.
It has been proved that ear of every individual is unique and can be used as a biometric to overcome the limitations of the biometrics used today..
The first to explore the possibility of using ear as a biometric in a computer vision system were Burge and Burger [4].
They presented the geometrical method based on building neighborhood graphs and Voronoi diagrams of the detected edges.
Additionally, Burge and Burger pointed out that thermal imaging may solve the problem of ear occlusion (mainly.
Subfield of forensic science
